Navona Records

Much to enjoy in terms of musical quality and expert performance [JQ]

A little too percussive for my liking [DJB]

A new Goldberg arrangement for strings, hamstrung by slow tempos [DJB]

A fascinating collection of cross-cultural music [GPu]

Two affecting works by an African-American master [PRJ]

A seemingly obvious coupling, but it doesn’t quite come off [SV]

A wide range of creative achievement by contemporary Maltese composers [GH]

Metz’s playing has admirable directness of approach, but the lovely Clementi square piano is a revelation [MG]

Twentieth-century American, with its own set of highs and lows [SV]

A low key and reflective recital that mostly satisfies [RCh]

An important addition to Bernstein’s catalogue [JF]

A slightly new take on an unusual variety of spirituals, sung by soloists and choir who really understand them [GH]

Aureate radiance: radiant in calm; radiant in storm [RB]